Roof collapses in Lahore, one killed, eight hurt

LAHORE: At least one person got killed while eight others were injured as roof of a house collapsed at Mochi Gate trapping several people on Wednesday, Aaj News reported.

According to the reports, roof of a two-storey house collapsed here. Rescue services were able to recover nine people including four women from the debris. The injured were immediately shifted to the hospital where one of the injured succumbed to his injuries.

It is feared that some people are still trapped inside the rubble. People in the neighbourhood said that they heard a loud explosion before the roof collapsed.